PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana Score Rises to 38.85 in July

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PM-DDKY) at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi on 1 September 2026. The review looked at district-wise performance, the District Action Plans, field visits by Central Nodal Officers, spending, training and the way benefits are tracked down to the individual farmer.

What the scheme is

PM-DDKY works in 100 districts. They were picked on three counts: low farm productivity, low cropping intensity and low disbursement of agricultural credit. The scheme pursues six objectives, namely higher productivity, crop diversification with sustainable practices, more storage after harvest, better irrigation, easier access to short-term and long-term farm credit, and better governance and delivery of services. It runs through the convergence of 36 central schemes of 11 ministries and departments, together with state schemes and private participation.

How the districts are scored

A set of 121 indicators has been fixed across those 36 schemes, made up of 74 output indicators and 47 outcome indicators. Districts are ranked every month on the output indicators through the scheme's dashboard, while the outcome indicators measure progress against a baseline.

The overall gain of 16.31 points is the headline number of the review. Every one of the 100 districts has uploaded its District Action Plan and received feedback on it, and all of them have filed data on output indicators up to July 2026.

Training and the next step

Between January and July 2026 the scheme trained 6,90,530 farmers and 88,961 extension workers in various skills. A further 2,20,683 farmers and extension workers were trained in natural farming. Krishi Vigyan Kendras are being used as technical partners for this work. The dashboard's Financial Progress Module went live on 31 August 2026, and a Beneficiary Progress Module is targeted for the middle of September 2026.

Dates to remember

The Union Cabinet approved PM-DDKY on 16 July 2025 and the Prime Minister launched it on 11 October 2025. The dashboard was switched on in the last week of October 2025, and monthly rankings began in November 2025. The scheme completes its first year in October 2026, and a programme is being planned to show what the 100 districts have achieved. The review also considered adding two progressive farmers to every District Dhan-Dhaanya Committee.